Sallyflymi

`Here is a tip for making rolled hems perfect. http://quiltinprogress.wordpress.com...nd-a-shortcut/

grann of 6

I have always done mine that way, didn't know there was any other way to do it.

tutty

Thanks ! just bought one of these and wow should make wonderful difference now ! And enjoy her blog as well !

katieranch

Thanks...I have never had much luck with rolled hem foot, will have to try it again.

Jan in VA

Me, too! it's one of the reasons I quit sewing and started quilting; infinitely less frustrating for me than dressmaking. It's also probably the reason I don't have many gimmicky tools for quilting, come to think of it. Ppffft! :evil: :-D

Jan in VA

thepolyparrot

I'll have to try this. :)

I usually use the method described in antique sewing machine books - fold the hem and tack it down at the end, maneuver the hem onto the coil, back the foot up to the tacked part of the hem, put down the presser foot and sew.

It's already easy, but this way looks even faster! :) The hemmers are my favorite tools - especially if you're hemming miles and miles of ruffles, or the edges of curtains.